The Bounty

Chapter 1

Tittle:The Bounty

Chapter One:Past Life

I've done what you asked for,here's the body,now lift the bounty.

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My name is Jay Wilson,am thirty six years old and a resident of El Paso,an island known for its outstanding beauty,peaceful nature and it unique scenery.But all this was just a farce for what really goes on in the island,for people like us who has lived there all our lives,we know that all those was just a charade.El Paso is the home for the one of the most notorious drug lords,a place filled so much evil and mischievous things and all these kept hidden from the outside world,and i won't say that I am completely innocent from all the bad things that has happened on the island.

It all began twenty years ago,I remember back then,I was a little child,twelve years of age with my younger brother Felix who was only ten.Our parents had just lost their lives in a car crash.We tried asking for help from family members,friends and close associates,but no one agreed to help us,everyone turned a blind eye to all our misfortune .

We were all alone but I knew that I had to do something so that we could survive.So I started stealing just so that we could afford to eat in a day,it was during one of my attempts I got caught by a man,unknown to me was a drug lord.He took pity on me and took me in, he told me that he believed that I had potentials and so,he introduced me to his business,I started off as a delivery boy that sold drugs on the streets.

Gradually,I became an expert drug pusher and thats how my journey to the top began until I finally became his right hand man.To some he was called "Aturo Beltran levy(the boss of bosses) to others he was called El Tamalon(the big tamale),but his real name was Vandel Montero, a was a very brutal and merciless man.

Everyone in El paso feared him because he behaved like the devil himself,those who worked under him,did there very best to be on his good side because anyone that got on his bad side ended up losing a body part or worst case scenario their ife and that was only after undergoing brutal torture.Out of all the hard drugs he sold,the one he made the most profit from was selling cocaine.

Apart from the drug trafficking business,he was also involved in other illegal things like human trafficking, contract killing and prostitutions but all this other business of his was mainly done in the city.He was like the modern day Pablo Emilio Escabor,a popular Colombian drug lord and nacroterrorist who was the sole founder of the "Medellin Cartel" he was one of the most wealthiest criminal in history,and I guess Vandel wanted a legacy just like that for himself.

With the money I made from the business,I was able to train my brother to school and provide a comfortable life for us but all this fortune was at the expense of those who died because of the drugs I sold but I was too greedy and selfish to care about that,but not until I came home one day to meet my brothers lifeless body on the floor.He had taken drugs,the very one's I sold to a lot of people,had now taken the life of the last family I had left.I couldn't forgive myself for his death because whether I accepted the fact or not it was still my fault.

At that moment,it all came rushing back to me,all the families that had lost a loved one because of the drugs I sold,all the pain and distress I had caused them and finally,how my dead parent would have felt if they had only known what I had to their beloved El paso.Then,I made a decision, one in which I regretted for the rest of my life.I decided to quit the business and not only that I turned Vandel in.

It was during those period I met Ryan Finley,an undercover detective that worked for DEA(drug enforcement administration),which is a federal agency responsible for enforcement of law and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances,and they also work to immobilize drug trafficking.The agency had been working hard since it's creation to curb the spread of drugs amongst the various nations of the world and several punish anyone caught or connected to the drug business.

After giving him all the evidence he needed to successfully put an end to the drug business in El Paso.He headed back to the city to inform his superiors so that a task force could be assembled to raid the island.I didnt bother informing the local authorities of El Paso because I knew that they were all under the payroll of vandel.

The day the island was raided was one of the most unforgettable day for the residents of El Paso.The agents raided all the drug dens,arrested the people involved in the manufacturing,distribution and trafficking the drugs to both within and outside the island.So many weapons and all other harmful equipment were confiscated and finally the master mind behind it all,Vandel was arrested.

The raid was successful and it was all thanks to the detailed information I had provided.That day,El Paso was swept clean of all the drugs,and all the illegal activities came to an abrupt end.I was also arrested for the part I played in the business.Before Vandel was taken out of the island,he said something to me that I never forgot.Before he entered the helicopter,he turned back and he smiled at me.

"Jay,I will be seeing you soon".He said before the helicopter finally left the island.I spent five years in jail and during this period,I made friends who helped me find my way back on the right path,i also worked hard to be a better and more refined man.After that,I was released I returned back home to El Paso and started over a new chapter of my life.

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